Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee

     I could go into the history of the Opry, but this video does a better job.  Please note that it is only 5 minutes, 38 seconds long - not over 11 minutes.

     Mike and I didn't take the back stage tour.  We thoroughly enjoyed the concert, and here are the pictures to prove it:

Posing in front of a big, old guitar.

The seats are like church pews.  Well, for some pilgrims to Opryland the show is a religious experience.

Bill Anderson
Bill Anderson's singing career began in 1958.  He is also a song writer, an author, a game show host, and an actor.  He appeared for three years on ABC's One Life to Live.

Love and Theft
Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson
They did "Angel Eyes."  

Gretchen Peters
She's a singer and song writer probably best known for writing "Independence Day," recorded by Martina McBride.

Dailey & Vincent
Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent perform bluegrass.

Jana Kramer
She's mainly an actress, but also a country singer.
She performed "I Got the Boy."

Larry Gatlin
The whole audience was singing "All the Gold In California."

Pam Tillis

Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley was the headliner for the night.  He performed without backup musicians - just Brad and the guitar.

Tomi Fujiyama
Tomi Fujiyama is from Japan.  She switched from Japanese music to American country music when she began getting jobs at U. S. army and navy bases.  She has had a long country music career in Japan and performed at the Opry once in 1964.  She made her second appearance, the fulfillment of a dream for her, on the night we visited - more than 50 years later.  How lucky I felt to witness that.  There's a movie about her life titled "Made in Japan."
Check out her rendition of "Tennessee Waltz."